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Vikings Stadium

Gov. Dayton has separate meetings scheduled today with GOP House Speaker Kurt Zellers, GOP Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem and Minneapolis City Council members to discuss the stadium.

Dayton will try to pump some air into a stadium bill that has been deflated. The bill did not meet Friday’s committee deadline and there are questions as to whether the bill can rise from the grave.

Tidbit: GOP House Speaker Kurt Zellers refused to say on Friday whether he’d try to move the bill out of committee. In fact, he said he hasn’t even read the entire bill. GOP Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem said the bill would have to be approved by the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee before he acts on it.

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Tom Scheck has covered politics and state government for more than ten years for MPR News. He’s covered several gubernatorial campaigns, two statewide recounts, the presidential bids of Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann, U.S. Senate races, close Congressional contests and the Minnesota Legislature. He lives in Falcon Heights with his wife, son and dog. He can sometimes be found chasing a white ball on a golf course. It isn’t a straight walk. Tips are welcome at tscheck@mpr.org